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The museum was opened June 24, 1967, as Pioneer Park Museum. The Peace River Valley Historical Society opened it. Over the years local residents donated articles for display in the museum. In June 1988 the Historical Society disbanded and the museum closed. Hardee County reopened the museum in September 1988 and was renamed the Cracker Trail ...
The Florida Cracker Trail today includes parts of State Road 64 and State Road 66 through Zolfo Springs. [1] [8] In 1886, transportation improved through Zolfo when the Florida Southern Railway (later the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad) was built through the town on its way from Bartow to Punta Gorda. [9]
Cracker Trail Museum: Zolfo Springs: Hardee Central History Located along the original Florida Cracker Trail, Florida pioneer history Crane Point Museum, Nature Center & Historic Site: Marathon: Monroe Florida Keys: Natural history Includes museum of natural history, children's museum, bird rehabilitation center Crealdé School of Art: Winter ...
SR 64 from just east of Bradenton to Zolfo Springs was once the western segment of a cattle trail running from Bradenton to Fort Pierce, now known as the Florida Cracker Trail. [3] The road was added to the state highway system in the 1920s with various designations.
On November 20, 2000, the Florida Cracker Trail was selected as a Community Millennium Trail. The Millennium Trails is a partnership among the White House Millennium Council, the Department of Transportation, Rails-to-Trails Conservancy, the National Endowment for the Arts and other public agencies and private organizations. The goal of ...
Zolfo Springs: 0.000: 0.000: US 17 to SR 64 – Arcadia, Wauchula: Western terminus; continues as 6th Street West for two blocks: Highlands 18.745: 30.167: CR 635 north – Highlands Hammock State Park 25.024: 40.272: US 27 / US 98 (SR 25 / SR 700) – Sebring, Lake Placid, Okeechobee, West Palm Beach: Eastern terminus; continues as southbound ...
Cracker Country is a living history museum of rural Florida, and Florida Cracker culture which was established in 1978 by Mildred and Doyle Carlton Jr. [1] Cracker Country features thirteen original buildings dating from 1870 to 1912 and is set in 1898. [1] The buildings were moved to their present location from throughout the state.
Bone Mizell (1863–1921) – the best known of the Florida cracker cowhunters, made famous as the subject of a Frederic Remington painting [3] Ben Hill Griffin Jr. (1910–1990) – "Cracker millionaire from Frostproof, Florida" [3] Al Burt (1927–2008) – journalist at The Miami Herald, and chronicler of contemporary Florida cracker subculture.